Show 1 VIRGIN OIL USED IN i. i SALT MIT LAKE UKE ENGINE Demonstration in Progress at al A. A Armstrong Taylor Mill MII S 1 I I IS S H- H S MAKES MAKES STE STEAM PERFECTLY Y 1 S i- i 5 With ith the Improvised Feeding Itt pF 5 Equipment I It Does Does- ii F Fine W Work k f 5 o me or 7 5 1 Should Should anyone one have ha a 0 lingering ering Ii 5 doubt ht of ot the tho of ot Utah oil R Rt as t fuel 1 h he can have havo that doubt removed remo j t-S t i by byJ visiting J llIn- llIn tho the mill of or the I r 5 Taylor Armstr Armstrong ng Lumber company r in j this cH city The TIle first oil from train the Tt Virgin field u used for Cor steam making IS S was yesterday afternoon turned into V the firebox ot of the 45 on- on 0 4 S1 gino 4 In re regular ular use at the mill milland I 1 and wh when n In inspected d last b by newspaper men and others It was running run run- nin ning lIl like o a house afire Although the equipment for feeding J the oil into the en engine lne made for or coal t Is an improvised affair the engineer In Iti charge said lI that it had hal run perfectly 5 there been beenS j 5 from the start having ha S r hardly a a. perceptible variation in the Pf Si 5 pressure The oil I is sprayed into Inlo the thet f firebox hox from a R. small lead pipe which t 5 i. i Is connected at nt the tho opposite end with witha 5 a barrel o of the oil placed at sufficient f 5 5 height to give I e tho the required pre pressure sure S As the tho temporary arrangement docs does 5 5 i 5 not provide for the closing of or the door 5 f 5 of ot the firebox the best results in economy econom of use cannot bo ho attained j 55 but In th the matter of oC proving pro that theon the tho oil on can he be u used d to advantage for fuel Cuel 5 S the demonstration Is regarded as a complete success s. s Five FI barrels of the crude crudo oil were S shipped to tIle the city b by Fred president o of the Virgin ln RI River r Oil on and anti antiSS SS- S Development company for the purpose purposeS S of oC making the demonstration It was wasat wasat at first Intended to have c the demonS demonstration demonstration demon demon- S stratton at nt the state stale rail fair grounds but butS S this was found Cound to be Impracticable Impracticable- l in the short time to arran arrange e for it it so S the Taylor Armstrong company profS proffered prof prof- S the use of Its Is engine which was a wasS accepted S Man Ian Drilled Well The Thc demonstration is In charge of S C C. E. E Wilcox the man who drilled for forS forthe forthe S the Virgin River company the tho first firstS S well in the Virgin ln field He ic says that S. S tho the oil is really of oC too high quality quam r for tor fuel oil that oil that is i- It i te a ret refining nin nini i tz 01 oil and d should hould bring more money moncy to 55 1 th producers th n it Il would bring as I o 4 S 4 Ion II o h. h p. p S. S S ThEre Is no question however cr that with the opening of the Virgin field Held to 0 the extent now anticipated there would be good profit in Its production productionS S for tor fuel ruel purposes s In competition with c coal al Mr II Wilcox says S 'S that two and g seven eighths barrels of IS gravity asS asphaltum as- as 1 S base hare oil are arc equal to ono one ton tonof tonof of or the best anthracite coal In making steam stam As there will doubtless be bo good goodS S profit In la laying ln tho the oil down in Salt Lake Jak at from 1 to a l barrel harrel h by rail an and at a lc less 1 price b by pipe line n can bo he seen that it would readily displace displace displace dis dis- place coal Ten rig i are aro now no In the Virgin field Mr Wilcox says sar and ami six Fix Ix more that he he- knows of ot are arc on the way One or orS S two are arc alre already dr at nt work work and the thc others will of or cou course e be he put JUt in motion as quickly I a as possible Mr lr Wilcox who has hC had practical experience In Inman Inmany inmany man many nel fields has haq not the slightest doubt douht that th the Virgin country countr will wiil make good He Hc says that from all Indications Indica It fl IM the best hest field he has ever er been In i |